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《未得之地》

From the General Director The Apostle Paul began his missionary work in Asia Minor. He and his team of coworkers travelled across the Mediterranean to evangelize people in the region and plant churches in major urban centres. Sometimes he stayed on for a brief period of time to equip the new believers before moving on to other virgin mission territories to preach the gospel. From his letters we can tell that Paul had a strong bond with those he led to Christ and he encouraged them to join him in becoming a missionary force to reach lost souls. Wherever he established churches Paul also built partnerships in the gospel with them. The principle of partnership in the mission field is for like-minded mission partners to work together to realize the same vision and achieve the common goal according to the plans and purposes of God in that generation. As missionaries and churches work together, they encourage one another, pray for one another, share the joy and face the challenges in the mission of telling the world about Jesus, one person at a time. Paul’s visit to the leading city of Philippi in Acts 16 is a story of sharing the gospel with Lydia and the women meeting by the river, as well as with the jailer and his family. It is also a beautiful story of mission partnership, because Lydia, the jailer and others with them shared Paul’s joy and suffering in preaching the gospel from the first day and through the difficult times of Paul’s missionary journey later on.

INSIDE The Journey of Pursuing Dreams ~Min Yin Mission — Church’s UnfinishedTask ~Anita Pan European Chinese Churches and COCM ~Harryono Judodihardjo Ministry news

When Pastor Stephen Wang began his ministry among the overseas Chinese in 1950, there were no Chinese Churches or fellowship groups in all of Europe. So he travelled from place to place as an itinerant missionary to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the Chinese diasporas. Over time individuals came to Christ and were equipped to serve others. As they were encouraged to gather together, fellowship groups were formed and churches were planted. Over the years, COCM missionaries have continued the work to plow the virgin mission field in continental Europe and the UK, one area at a time. As we are approaching our mission’s 60th anniversary, we see a great number of Chinese churches and fellowship groups spreading across Europe. Many have grown to be spiritually strong and mission minded. As we move forward with our strategic focus on specific target people groups in the mission field, we need to encourage the support and partnership of those we have helped before and which are now ready to work with us in mission. I pray that God will lead us and grant us opportunities to strengthen our bond with churches throughout Europe and build partnerships with like-minded churches. Together may we reach Europe and the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rev. Henry Lu

神恩澤僑胞 福音遍全歐

Reaching the Chinese to Reach Europe


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